The day after President George W. Bush was elected to his first term in office (November 5, 2000), I wrote the following blog. I wrote (and revised) it again after the Obama (2008), Trump (2016) and Biden (2020).   I offer it again (updated) here for your...

Don’t Make Me Wrong; Build Me Up Instead.

Our society is addicted to arguing. Polarization in politics is an extreme example. When someone tells you, “You are wrong!”, how does that make you feel?  Small? Stupid? Incompetent? When we argue, we are sending a message that tends to convey variations of, “I am...

Curing the “Disease of the Soul”

  One of the questions I am often asked these days is, “Why did you write, “Reawakening the Human Spirit?”  The answer is in the title. I wrote the book, because in the collective chaos of the world, our spirits have gone dormant, languishing in...

A Masterclass for You!

Please join me for our Reawakening the Human Spirit Foundation Masterclass. We will embark on an exhilarating journey to discover the path to becoming more inspired, living an inspiring life, and being an inspiration for others.

Is Leadership Obsolete?

After a 14-year run as the CEO of Manpower Ltd, I joined a leading university as a full-time professor, teaching an advanced MBA course. As part of my initiation, I was given a set of text books to read and told these were the texts I was required to use for my...